Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?
Ian McewanAt that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.
Ian Mcewan...the world she ran through loved her and would give her what she wanted and would let it happen.
Ian McewanHe would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.
Ian McewanWhen we go on about the big things, the political situation, global warming, world poverty, it all looks really terrible, with nothing getting better, nothing to look forward to. But when I think small, closer in - you know, a girl I've just met, or this song we're going to do with Chas, or snowboarding next month, then it looks great. So this is going to be my motto - think small.
Ian Mcewan